CoolSNAP cf Digital Camera

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CoolSNAPcf Digital Camera

Affordable State-of-the-Art Technology

If your work requires brilliant color images images, Roper Scientific offers the right digital imaging system, The engineering, performance, and pricing of the Photometrics CoolSNAP cf cameras enable you to stretch your research budget without compromising quality or results.

The CoolSNAP cf has a 20MHz clock speed for an image transfer rate of about 12.5 frames per second.

Brilliant Color Images

The Photometrics CoolSNAP cf camera incorporates cooled CCD technology and low-noise electronics to achieve superior low-light sensitivity. A 1392 x 1040 resolution sensor with small, square pixels ensures that each color image shows extraordinary detail. The high-speed digitizer, shutterless operation, and interline CCD provide several frames per second in focus mode and one full color image per second in acquire mode. These features make the CoolSNAP cf camera ideal for digital microscopy and many other biological applications.

Incredible Ease of Use

You can begin collecting data with your CoolSNAP cf in only a few minutes. Simply place the PCI card in your computer, hook up a single cable to the camera, and you're ready to start taking images. The compact CoolSNAP cf mounts easily to any microscope port that accepts a standard C-mount adapter. The single cable configuration allows uncluttered workspace and easy camera movement and transferal.

RS Image Software

The CoolSNAP cf system includes easy-to-use capture software for Windows 95/98/2000, Windows NT, and Macintosh operating systems. RS Image offers a number of powerful push-button features and pull-down menus, including auto-expose and color-balance functions. The intuitive toolbar makes acquiring and processing images quick and easy:

Push a single button for fast focusing using the whole field of view

Click on another button to acquire either a brilliant, high-fidelity color image or a high-resolution monochrome image (depending on camera model)

Zoom in and out on specific sections of your target image

Adjust brightness, contrast, and gamma settings on each color channel individually or on all channels simultaneously

Customize digital image acquisition with user-configurable experiment setup files

CoolSNAP cf

Performance You Can Count On!

Many other performance features have been engineered into the CoolSNAP cf camera system, including:

Large array with 4.65 x 4.65-um pixels delivers "supravideo" resolution

True 12-bit dynamic range allows for valid intra- or interimage comparison with 4,096 gray levels

Carefully designed electronics maintain superb system linearity

Primary Point Digitization improves the sensitivity and dynamic range of the camera

In addition, the stringent manufacturing standards required by the ISO-qualifying process guarantee consistent, high-quality products and services.

CoolSNAP cf Specifications

Window:

	700-nm cutoff IR-blocking window (color);
	BK-7 glass window (monochrome)

CCD format:

	interline CCD
	1392 x 1040 imaging array
	4.65 x 4.65-um pixels

Digitization rate:

20 million pixels/second

Cooling:

integral thermoelectric cooler

Camera dimensions:

	4.5 in (11.4 cm) width;
	5.0 in (12.8 cm) length;
	2.5 in (6.4 cm) thickness;
	1.9 lb (863 g) weight

Mounts:

	C-mount (standard threaded video mount),
	tripod mount (bottom of camera)

Connectors:

	data connector (20-pin, MDR connector)
	expose out connector (standard BNC connector)

Regulatory:

CE mark

The Photometrics CoolSNAP cf monochrome camera incorporates cooled CCD technology and low-noise electronics to achieve superior low-light sensitivity. A 1392 x 1040 resolution sensor with small, square pixels ensures that each image shows extraordinary detail. This feature, along with a high speed digitizer, shutterless operation, and an interline CCD, makes the CoolSNAP cf Monochrome camera ideal for microscopy and inspection applications.

CoolSNAP cf
CCD Image Sensor	Sony ICX205AL 1/2" interline progressive-scan HAD CCD with microlenses
CCD Format	1392 x 1040 imaging pixels; 4.65 x 4.65-um pixels; 7.6 x 6.2-mm imaging area (optically centered)
Grade	Grade 0 (based on CCD manufacturer's cosmetic blemish definitions)
Gain	3 e`/ADU
Linear full well	9,700 e`
Read Noise	14 e` rms @ 5 MHz
Nonlinearity	<2%
Readout	12 bits @ 5 MHz
Dark current	0.01 e`/p/s (-30⁰ C)
Operating environment	0 to 30⁰ C ambient, 0 to 80% relative humidity non-condensing
Dimensions	4.4" x 5.0" x 2.5" (1.9 lb)
Window	IR blocking (700-nm cutoff)
I/O	TTL output while exposing (BNC connector)
Color mask	RGB Bayer mosaic filter

Features	Benefits
5-MHz digitization	Fast image readout for high-speed focus and image capture
1392 x 1040 imaging array, 4.65 x 4.65-um pixels	Resolves fine detail and is ideally matched to optical microscopes
2 x 2 binning and flexible readout	Increases light sensitivity while increasing the frame rate
12-bit digitization	Quantifies both bright and low-light signals in the same image
Thermoelectric cooling	Increases integration times for higher sensitivity
C-mount	Easily attaches to microscopes, standard lenses, or optical equipment
PCI interface	Works with PC, Macintosh, or Linux
Progressive-scan CCD	Full resolution in every frame
Compact camera head	Easily fits inside your instrument

Product information within this page was obtained from the manufacturers written specifications. Due to ongoing product development, component availability and technology advancements specifications may change without notice. IPS is not responsible for the accuracy of the above specifications.